Got some nasty pillowshading and banding going on, the outlines doesn't help the piece at all either.
Plus the tophat's perspective doesn't make any sense.

The portrait itself isn't done yet. I was caught up late so that halted me from getting it done within my allotted amount of time.

Since im not half awake now I see what is wrong.

That's because the image reads like you have a thin neck and a mullet some shading would help.

Mind going wiillddd..

the hammer looks like it's smiling!

Coop... Coop... That would look so good without all the pillow shading. But I'm sure Lizard will have something to say on that.

This page, third post.
Tophat is better now however, though the brim is a bit too thick.

Eya Coops!

I'll be honest with ya, the design is confusing, and the shading is pretty iffy.
Still, not too shabby. Keep at it bro.


Ben, I like the first sketch. Very clean and crisp lines.
The design is sort of stereotypical, however.
Still looks nice though, and nothing looks particularly off or wrong. Nice job!

I'm not seeing this! Where am I pillow shading?

Also hey Crazy, good to see ya again.

Here's my humble contribution for community

link for resolution 1024x768 is here: http://i.imgur.com/v1oFD.jpg

Everywhere.
Literally every part that is shaded is pillow shaded.
This is because you have shaded it with the light source directly in front of the man rather than someone else (IE, top right).
Try making the light patches top right and the dark bottom left instead of putting the light in the middle and the dark on the outside.

Ahh ok that makes more sense to me.

EDIT: this should look better then.



Also very cool, Gregstein.

Balls

Randomly shifting hues like a boss

yellow one doesn't look so good; red one and the one in the blue box are pretty nice.

Well, I do.

I made an edit that I think describes the intended form a lot better, but do take note that I don't know what the intended form is, I've had to interpret from your words and the pixels.

It seemed you were using a lot of non-pixel art techniques as well, soft brushes and the like, because there were a lot of colours that were completely unnecessary.

Here's what I saw in your piece, for clarification: